Index: mps.c
===================================================================
--- mps.c	(revision 306014)
+++ mps.c	(working copy)
@@ -989,8 +989,8 @@
 {
 	MPI2_DEFAULT_REPLY *reply;
 	MPI2_IOC_FACTS_REQUEST request;
-	int error, req_sz, reply_sz;
-
+	int error, req_sz, reply_sz, retry = 0;
+	
 	MPS_FUNCTRACE(sc);
 
 	req_sz = sizeof(MPI2_IOC_FACTS_REQUEST);
@@ -999,8 +999,13 @@
 
 	bzero(&request, req_sz);
 	request.Function = MPI2_FUNCTION_IOC_FACTS;
-	error = mps_request_sync(sc, &request, reply, req_sz, reply_sz, 5);
-
+	while(retry < 5){
+		error = mps_request_sync(sc, &request, reply, req_sz, reply_sz, 5);
+		if(!error)
+			break;
+		mps_dprint(sc, MPS_FAULT, "mps_request_sync failed retry %d\n",retry);
+                retry++;
+	}
 	return (error);
 }
 
@@ -1009,7 +1014,7 @@
 {
 	MPI2_IOC_INIT_REQUEST	init;
 	MPI2_DEFAULT_REPLY	reply;
-	int req_sz, reply_sz, error;
+	int req_sz, reply_sz, error, retry = 0;
 	struct timeval now;
 	uint64_t time_in_msec;
 
@@ -1044,11 +1049,16 @@
 	time_in_msec = (now.tv_sec * 1000 + now.tv_usec/1000);
 	init.TimeStamp.High = htole32((time_in_msec >> 32) & 0xFFFFFFFF);
 	init.TimeStamp.Low = htole32(time_in_msec & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+	while(retry < 5){
+		error = mps_request_sync(sc, &init, &reply, req_sz, reply_sz, 5);
+		if ((reply.IOCStatus & MPI2_IOCSTATUS_MASK) != MPI2_IOCSTATUS_SUCCESS)
+        	        error = ENXIO;
+                if(!error)
+                        break;
+                mps_dprint(sc, MPS_FAULT, "mps_request_sync failed retry %d\n",retry);
+                retry++;
+        }
 
-	error = mps_request_sync(sc, &init, &reply, req_sz, reply_sz, 5);
-	if ((reply.IOCStatus & MPI2_IOCSTATUS_MASK) != MPI2_IOCSTATUS_SUCCESS)
-		error = ENXIO;
-
 	mps_dprint(sc, MPS_INIT, "IOCInit status= 0x%x\n", reply.IOCStatus);
 	return (error);
 }